Anyone using Nix on Guix System?

Anyone using Nix on Guix System?

[Yasuaki Kudo]

Happy New Year!

I tried to use Nix on my Guix System by following instructions I found on the Internet (I added both nix package and nix service in my system configuration.scm file.)

I then followed standard Nix installation instructions like adding a Nix channel, etc - only to find no package available after issuing nix-env -qa (I hope am correctly recalling...)

If anyone has a working configuration for Nix on Guix System for daily use, would you please share?

I thought using Nix on Guix System would be an excellent way to augment missing packages in Guix! 😄

Cheers,
Yasi 

Re: Anyone using Nix on Guix System?

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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Hi!

While I haven't used it in a few months, here is what I did to set it
up:

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(operating-system
  (inherit %bababa/os)
  (packages (cons* nix
                   ...))
  (services (cons*
             (service nix-service-type)
             ...
             ))
  )
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Then, as per the manual:

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        • Add a Nix channel and update it.  See Nix Package Manager
          Guide (https://nixos.org/nix/manual/).

        • Create a symlink to your profile and activate Nix profile:

          $ ln -s "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/profile" ~/.nix-profile
          $ source /run/current-system/profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Hope that helps!

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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Re: Anyone using Nix on Guix System?

[Yasuaki Kudo]

Thank you, let me try this!  I will report later!

> On Jan 3, 2021, at 19:58, Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> While I haven't used it in a few months, here is what I did to set it
> up:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (operating-system
>  (inherit %bababa/os)
>  (packages (cons* nix
>                   ...))
>  (services (cons*
>             (service nix-service-type)
>             ...
>             ))
>  )
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Then, as per the manual:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>        • Add a Nix channel and update it.  See Nix Package Manager
>          Guide (https://nixos.org/nix/manual/).
> 
>        • Create a symlink to your profile and activate Nix profile:
> 
>          $ ln -s "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/profile" ~/.nix-profile
>          $ source /run/current-system/profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Hope that helps!
> 
> -- 
> Pierre Neidhardt
> https://ambrevar.xyz/